● Rapid Referrals
○ Problem-solving therapy (PST). Website : https://aims.uw.edu/training-support/ behavioral-interventions/problem-solving- treatment-pst ○ Attachment-based family therapy (ABFT). Website : https://drexel.edu/familyintervention/ attachment-based-family-therapy/overview/ ● Involving Family and Other Supports ○ The Way Forward. Website : https://theactionalliance.org/sites/default/ Website : https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/ Mental-Health-Education/NAMI-Family-to-Family ○ Suicide Is Different. Website : https://www.suicideisdifferent.org/ ● Safety Planning ○ Safety Plan Treatment Manual to Reduce Suicide Risk: Veteran Version. files/the-way-forward-final-2014-07-01.pdf ○ Family-to-Family Educational Program. Website : https://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/ resource-program/va_safety_planning_manual.pdf ○ Patient safety plan. Website : https://suicidepreventionlifeline. org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Brown_ StanleySafetyPlanTemplate.pdf ○ Safety Planning Guide: A Quick Guide for Clinicians. Website : https://www.sprc.org/resources-programs/ safety-planning-guide-quick-guide-clinicians ○ SAMHSA Suicide Safe Mobile App. Website : https://store.samhsa.gov/product/suicide- safe ● Lethal Means Counseling ○ Recommendations for clinicians: Website : https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means- matter/recommendations/clinicians/ ○ Recommendations for families: Website : https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means- matter/recommendations/families/ ○ Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM). Website : https://www.sprc.org/resources-programs/ calm-counseling-access-lethal-means ○ Firearm safety and injury prevention: Website : https://www.acep.org/patient-care/policy- statements/firearm-safety-and-injury-prevention/
○ HelpPRO Therapist Finder. Website : https://www.onlinetherapy.com/ ○ Therapy Finder. Website : ttps://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/help- yourself/ ● Discharge Planning ○ Strategy 4: Care Transitions from Hospital to Home: IDEAL Discharge Planning. Website : https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/ files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/ engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_1_IDEAL_ chkl ● Care Transitions ○ Continuity of Care for Suicide Prevention and Research. Website : https://www.sprc.org/sites/default/files/ migrate/library/continuityofcare.pdf ○ Safe Care Transitions for Suicide Prevention. Website : https://dsamh.utah.gov/pdf/ZS%20Docs/ Safe%20Care%20Transitions%20DSAMH%202018. pdf ● Follow-Up ○ Follow-Up Matters. Website : https://followupmatters. Website: suicidepreventionlifeline.org/#one-month ○ Re-engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit; Tool 5: How to Conduct a Post discharge Follow Up Phone Call. Website : https://www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/ settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool5.html Website : https://www.nowmattersnow.org/wp- content/uploads/2020/04/Caring-Contacts-Text- and-Scripts.pdf ○ Zero Suicide, Contact after Leaving Care. Website : https://zerosuicide.edc.org/toolkit- taxonomy/contact-after-leaving-care ● Caring Contacts ○ Now Matters Now, Caring Contacts.
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SUICIDE RISK: ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTION Self-Assessment Answers and Rationales
1. The correct answer is B. Rationale: The stressor in Ella’s life was the breakup with
3. The correct answer is C. Rationale: Although there is no definitive means of absolutely ensuring that a suicide can be prevented, conducting an appropriate assessment, and developing a plan that includes patient and family is mandatory. In addition, ongoing follow-up is also essential. Patients at risk for suicide must receive follow-up, as well as extensive education. Family members must also receive education and training on an ongoing basis
her boyfriend of three months. 2. The correct answer is D.
Rationale: Removing the bottle of Tylenol from Ella’s possession and ensuring that she does not have access to other means of poisoning could have reduced the potential for follow-through by Ella.
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